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Pioneering Punjabis Digital Archive
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Pioneering Punjabis Digital Archive
Creator:
Ranganath, Nicole, Dr.
Identifier/Call Number: D-643
Physical Description:
1319 digital objects
Date (inclusive): 1900-2019
Abstract: The Pioneering Punjabi Digital Archive is the most
extensive collection of archival material documenting the first significant South Asian community in the United States. The
collection includes over 1,300 photographs, rare archival films, letters, newspaper articles, songs, and audio interviews
of
South Asians who arrived in California from the Punjab region of north India beginning in the 1890s.
The Pioneering Punjabi Digital Archive is the most extensive collection of archival material documenting the first
significant South Asian community in the United States. The collection includes over 1,300 photographs, rare archival films,
letters, newspaper articles, songs, and audio interviews of South Asians who arrived in California from the Punjab region
of
north India beginning in the 1890s. The materials in this repository will be enhanced by visiting
pioneeringpunjabis.ucdavis.edu , a more heavily curated subset
of these materials that includes contextual scholarship and classroom tools.
In this finding aid, the materials are arranged by contributor and items are listed chronologically within each group.
The materials in this repository will be enhanced by visiting
pioneeringpunjabis.ucdavis.edu , a more heavily curated subset
of these materials that includes contextual scholarship and classroom tools.
Other resources:
D-621, Ted (Tejinder Singh) Sibia
Collection on Sikhs in California, 1970-2000. Ted Sibia (1937-2008) was a Biological and Agricultural Sciences Librarian at
UC
Davis. The collection includes his research files on Sikhs in California as well as a small amount of correspondence and
documentation of travel expenses. Finding aid:
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8cf9w85/
PunjabiPioneers.com . Punjabi Pioneers Exhibit at the Punjabi American Heritage Society (PAHS) Becoming
American Museum.
SikhPioneers.org . Created and originally curated by Ted Sibia, this
site is now managed by the Punjabi American Heritage Society (PAHS).
Collection is open for research.
Liz Phillips developed this finding aid from data supplied by Dr. Nicole Ranganath.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection is curated by Dr. Nicole Ranganath, a historian, filmmaker, and faculty member in the UC Davis Middle
East/South Asia Studies Program. The materials were contributed by Yuba City's Punjabi American Heritage Society, Mrs.
Manjeet Sibia, and numerous Punjabi American families and individuals. Mrs. Sibia's contributions reflect the work by her
late husband who was a UC Davis librarian, Tejinder (Ted) Sibia.
[Identification of item], Pioneering Punjabis Digital Archive, D-643, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library,
University of California, Davis.
Publication and Reproduction Rights
Permission policies for publication and reproduction: By granting permission to examine holdings, or by supplying a
reproduction, the Library is not authorizing publication. The researcher must obtain permission to publish texts or
facsimiles from the owner of the copyright, typically the author/creator, or the heirs to his or her estate. The users of
materials with the department's holdings are responsible for respecting the rights of authors/creators or their estates.
Please write to Dr. Nicole Ranganath at pioneeringpunjabis@ucdavis.edu for inquiries regarding publication and reproduction
or with other questions and comments.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sikhs -- History -- California
Sikhs -- Migrations
Sikh diaspora
Sikhs -- California